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Published: August 1st 2012
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Jim and Marilyn
Anchor Point Alaska The end of the road. We went to Homer Alaska today which is at the end of the Sterling Hwy. on the Kenai Pennisula. This is about 80 miles from where we are in Kenai. Homer is the Halibut Fishiing Capital of the World. At the end of the road in Homer, there is a narrow piece of land called a spit that extends about 2 1/2 miles into Kachemak Bay of Cook Inlet. The spit has a road running through it with widths of the spit being approx. 50 ft. to maybe 500 ft. The harbor of Homer is at the spit. I imagine the main industry there is fishing. Big ferries come in there and also big commercial boats come in there. On the road to Homer, we stopped at Anchor Point. It is North America's most westerly highway point. There is also a beach there where you can load and unload your boat. Something I found interesting was the method that they use to put the boats in the water and take them out. The bank there is so steep and the tide at times is way out, so you really can't put your boat in the water
with your truck. I am attaching a picture of the method they use here to launch the boat. They have log skidders with special hitches that they attach to your trailer. These log skidders are up on the beach. They have stepladders that they put next to the boat. The passengers use the ladders to get into the boat, then the log skidders back the boat into the water and then the person unhooks the front of the boat from the trailer. When the person in the boat wants to come in, he calls ahead and the log skidder gets his trailer and backs it into the water and then the person fastens the front of the boat to the trailer and the log skidder pulls the boat and passengers back up to the beach where they get out with the stepladders. Further on down the road we stopped for a beautiful view of Kachemak Bay of Cook Inlet. Across the inlet in this picture are four volcanoes. Mt. Redoubt Volcano last erupted in April 2009. It began with a minor explosion of steam and ash on March 15. Major explosive events began March 22 and then 19 separate explosions
were recorded. Plume heights exceeded 50,000 feet above sea level on multiple occasions. The largest explosion occurred April 4, 2009 lasting more than 30 minutes. On the afternoon of March 28, ash fall in Anchorage closed the airport from 5pm until 7am the next morning. Mt. Douglas is at the entrance to Cook Inlet and is 7,005 ft. high. Although no recent eruption has been recorded, relatively fresh lava flow, with no ice buildup, shows that an eruption is possible. Mt. Illiamna, which appears as snowy peaks across Cook Inlet from Anchor Point, is actually one mountain, with a 10,013 foot summit and four peaks. No recent activity has been recorded from this volcano other than swarms of earthquakes, some with a magnitude of three. Mt. Augustine ended a 20-year period of repose on January 11, 2006 with 13 explosive eruptions in 20 days.
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